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[Mojo Chick'n]

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Yeah, I'll take them, I don't have anything in the quail trays right now. Let me know when to come out after them and how much for them.

meri

 

[shelleyd2008]

Mojo Chick'n :

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Yeah, I'll take them, I don't have anything in the quail trays right now. Let me know when to come out after them and how much for them.

meri

Already told you, there $5 for a day. I'll have 4 days, I'm gonna wait till Monday to ship, whether they like it or not. I don't want them to sit over the weekend somewhere. So they'll be ready for you Wednesday, from Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. I get about 20 eggs a day, give or take. I have 39 eggs so far, and haven't gotten today's yet. So whenever you want to come get them is fine, after Wednesday if you want 4 days. They are from all my pens, is that okay? I have jumbo browns, A&M, dark tuxedo/tibetans, and a pen with golden and orange tibetans.​

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

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Yeah, I'll take them, I don't have anything in the quail trays right now. Let me know when to come out after them and how much for them.

meri

Already told you, there $5 for a day. I'll have 4 days, I'm gonna wait till Monday to ship, whether they like it or not. I don't want them to sit over the weekend somewhere. So they'll be ready for you Wednesday, from Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. I get about 20 eggs a day, give or take. I have 39 eggs so far, and haven't gotten today's yet. So whenever you want to come get them is fine, after Wednesday if you want 4 days. They are from all my pens, is that okay? I have jumbo browns, A&M, dark tuxedo/tibetans, and a pen with golden and orange tibetans.

That would be cool - from all the pens is fine. I'll need to add in another quail rack or two, to cover all of them, but I can do that once I candle eggs and take out the infertiles (stuck some from George's coop in there) and move the others to the other bator.

I have a broody brahma again, so I let her have some eggs, finally (poor girl has been trying to hatch straw for a week or more).

I can probably come out Wednesday for them. I'll let ya know what time.

eta - should I bring an egg carton or anything to carry them in? or do ya have them in something already?

Meri

 

[shelleyd2008]

No problem, I have 56 eggs after today, and 2 of my girls didn't lay before I went out there, so their eggs will be there in the morning I'm sure

Add another 18-20 to those, and you have your eggs

Not bad for $20 is it? 6+ dozen??

I'm too cheap I think

ETA: I have some of those plastic cartons, but they aren't very good, a regular carton would probably be better (or two).

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

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I forgot I was signed in here..... went to eat dinner and watch the news... sorry.

Um... I have some of those hard plastic egg "racks" that go into the cabinet incubators - one side is smaller for bantam and quail eggs, each one will hold about 20 quail eggs, so I can bring some of those.

I put the quail turner racks into the bator - the other one is FULL - but luckily I had enough room to put everything. I have one more slot to add in a quail rack if necesary, I'll wait til I get the eggs wednesday to see if they'll all fit now, though. I'm sure they will, because I have rack space (as it sits) for 100 eggs - and I doubt it'll be that many

Coolness, I hope at least half hatch for me. I haven't had too bad of luck with the jumbo quail eggs - just the buttons won't hatch for crap for me. I may have to move that double big cage out into the garage to put them in it once they are bigger

I don't want them inside, but I have a lot of small cages, and only a few bigger ones. It would certainly be easier to feed/water a few bigger cages than 15 or so small ones.

I'll just run out there wednesday morning after I get chores done - so you can figure on the usual time

(barring my truck not starting again

) Hubby was planning to build a room (or a coop - probably another coop) off the back of the brooder coop for me, maybe I can eventually put the quail cages in that.

I can just build in floor to ceiling cages in hardware cloth in there, and stack the suckers up. Then I'd still have floor space for a small flock of chickens. Or, maybe just hang the cages around two walls and leave the floor totally open. If I put them in while building the room, I can put them anywhere, and just build them right in.

I can't wait to get a whole bunch of baby quail - I been getting them 2 and 3 at a time (all the eggs I've had laid by my own birds - more eggs = more babies).

I guess I'll have to start hanging out in the quail section on here.

meri

 

[shelleyd2008]

They seem to hatch pretty good, there was one person that just hatched some yesterday. Out of 21 or 22 that survived the trip they hatched 18 babies, and that was all the way to CA!!

I have 2 more button babies!! Tough little boogers! I was done with the quail, and with the button eggs in that bowl, I decided to clean the bottom part of the incubator, and just set the top back down over the button eggs. These 2 babies hatched like that!

They are so cute! Looks like I have another darth vader and another cinnamon or pearl chick. I hope I don't keep having 1 or 2 hatch every couple of days, eventually the others will be too big to put babies in with them!

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

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I like those darth vader ones - they are pretty.

 

[shelleyd2008]

This makes 2 in the babies, and I believe my one male is also a DV. That one hen I showed you in the top cage could be, but I'm not sure about her. You need to get some more color in yours...You have what? 2 silvers, a cinnamon blueface and a wild?

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

BTW - I've made the tough decision that Kronk and his girls are gonna go.

So, unless someone on here wants them, I'm gonna take them to the auction friday (along with those other four - also a male and three females, but younger and mixed).

Kronk and his girls are gorgeous, and he is very good with them - but he just wants tomate with all of my call duck girls (even the immature ones) and I have to choose tiny ducks or big ducks - can't have both. At least if the mallard mixed calls mate with the calls, they are the same size. I'd have mutts (well, more mutts) but no damage to internal functions.

I am pretty sure the "gray calls" are mixed with mallards - they are a little bigger than Joe, and he is my biggest call duck. I adore them, though, so I don't care - they are by far the funniest of the ducks, with the most friendly personalities. They definately get to stay.

Today I was out talking to them about their mess they made and they all stood at my feet looking at me out of the sides of their heads (you know, I mean they tilted their heads to look at me) they looked so funny!!

It was as if they were saying "But Mooooommmm we didn't do it, it was the geese!!"

So, even after I sell the 8 swedish ducks I'll still have 10 call ducks (including the mallard mixes) plus four rouen babies in the house that'll go to auction when they are bigger.

I was thinking of charging 35 for Kronk and his girls (they are laying already) and 25 on the four others.

Does that sound reasonable? too much? not enough?

meri

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

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yep, I need something more interesting in there.

meri